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NHC AL111956 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1956

October 14, 1956 – October 19, 1956

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1956 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 397 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1956 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1956 (AL111956) from October 14, 1956 to October 19, 1956; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 15 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 13 miles from Key Largo, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 397 US cities, in 5 states, most in Florida (196) and North Carolina (140). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from Belle Glade, FL; the centre came closest to Camp Lejeune, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
397
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
5
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Cities Unnamed 1956 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (196)

and 136 more

North Carolina (140)

and 80 more

South Carolina (24)

Virginia (32)

Maryland (5)

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.